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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 186 · 1969
Begusarai
Winner — 1969
SARYU PRASAD SINGH
INC· INC
INC 41.7%CPI 40.5%5 others 17.8%
Votes
24,589
41.7% share
Winning margin
754
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
60.0%
of 98,236
Begusarai was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 754 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SARYU PRASAD SINGH | INC | 24,589 | 41.7% |
| 2 | BHOLA PRASAD SINGH | Left | 23,835 | 40.5% |
| 3 | RAMJI PRASAD SINGH | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 4,677 | 7.9% |
| 4 | PADUM DAS | SHD | 3,722 | 6.3% |
| 5 | LAXMI NARAIN SINGH | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1,379 | 2.3% |
| 6 | VISHNUDEO KUMAR SINHA | 420 | 0.7% | |
| 7 | ABHAY CHETANMA BRAHMACHARI | IND | 286 | 0.5% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Low turnout (227th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.2% · max 42.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
227th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
242nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
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156th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.7%CPI 40.5%BJS 7.9%SHD 6.3%OTH 3.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%
What's nearby?
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